Farm-photo-graphs

An assortment of on farm photos from the distant and near past and the not so near past…

Some items we still produce/grow, others we were unable to generate a market for. (You can lead them to water… But…) Every season we try new and what we think are interesting varieties, sometimes we hit a home run, other times the new items fall flat. It’s difficult to speculate on what the gardening public will and won’t like and buy.

They say that if you’re not failing sometimes, you’re not trying hard enough. There are years that we’re trying pretty hard. LOL

The farm has seen many changes over the eight generations of single family ownership. Our main GH was built in an old concrete manure pit from the recent dairy farm days.

Like this:

Ahhh... Punkins, a gift from elementary school kids who attended a fall pumpkin tour

All the children that came to a farm tour signed a punkin book for me.

Mr. Kaos at home, I miss that cat dearly

pelleted petunia seeds waiting for water, heat and germination

wee babies recently germinated

nicotiana alata babies 3 days old

baby kale 1 day old

sweet pepper seeds and the vibro seeder tool

false mallow

orientpet hybrid lily

pink morn petunia which self sowed in the a greenhouse

fragrant annual phlox, Michelle's petit hand

more annual phlox

another orientpet lily

cassis yarrow

oriental lily

annual poppy which appeared out of nowhere one season

medicinal baloon flower

madicinal baloon flower 2

monarch and bumble bee sharing a purple cone flower

gentian from seed, very difficult to germinate

hybrid day lily

blue star morning glory

our front yard, western slopes of the Green Mountains in the distance

red hollyhock

Cypress Vine, nickle sized morning glory cousin

randon self sowed morning glory

another random morning glory volunteer

white crest heirloom cosmos

self sowed cleome

blue star morning glory

scarlet o'hara morning glory

pink tie dye morning glory

ugh, winter, small greenhouse

mid-winter sunrise, our front yard

simply love, rare, annual hibiscus

mama snapper! I had to remove three of these very early one morning

farmstand photos

we wanted to create an old-time look and feel, (self serve format) unfortunately we only kept it open for a couple of years. The combination of very slow sales and frequent theft of products, led us to close it down in 2010.

front view

rows of veggies and flowers, looking south

My Godson Gordon, selling organic blueberries at market, 2015

wagons hoe! we have a special customer who has us plant this wagon every season

PVC greenhouse, This home-built GH was destroyed twice over the years. Once by heavy snowfall and finally May 2017 by a freak, brief, 75 mph wind event. It was replaced in April 2018 by a steel frame structure.

mimulus mix, we loved these cool season delights, but they didn't sell as people were unfamiliar with the species

mimulus close up

more mimulus

foliage

baby cabbages

trailing pansy baskets

pansy baskets. we no longer do pansy baskets because the local climate has changed so much that people just put out summer flowering plants earlier.

PLEASE CALL AHEAD TO ASSURE i AM HERE 282-8420

Due to my childcare duties, my life has become more... complex.
To avoid frustration and repeated visits ending in missing me/disappointment, it is advisable to call ahead and schedule your visit.
Think of it like getting the VIP treatment. LOL
Peace,
Farmer Mike AKA "Plantman"
282-8420

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